Eminyakeni yakamuva sibonile ukuthi umjikelezo wokuvuselelwa kwamanye amamodeli we-Mac uhamba kanjani ngaphandle kwe-oda noma ikhonsathi. Ngeke wazi ukuthi inkampani esekwe eCupertino ihlela ukuvuselela ibanga elilodwa elihlukile namuhla elenza litholakale kubasebenzisi abanentshisekelo yokuvuselela iMac yabo endala noma ukuthenga entsha.
Ngokukhishwa kwe-MacOS Mojave, I-Apple ishiye wonke amamodeli we-Mac ngaphambi kuka-2012 ngaphandle kokuvuselelwa, ekunyakazeni okubhekiswe ngokucacile ekubhekeni isibopho abasebenzisi ukuvuselela amatheminali abo amadala, futhi ngithi isibopho, ngoba kumakhompyutha amaningi ashiywe kulo mjikelezo wokuvuselela, asebenzisa iMacOS Mojave ngokuphelele.
Ikota yesithathu yonyaka, akukaze kube kuhle ikakhulukazi ekuthengisweni kweMac. Kuleli hlobo eledlule, inkampani ivuselele uhla lweMacBook Pro, nezinguquko kuma-processor nokuqeda ngokuphelele ibanga lango-2015, ebelisalokhu lidayiswa naphezu kokwethulwa kwe-2016 MacBook Pro entsha ngeTouch Bar nangaphandle kwayo. Kodwa kubonakala sengathi lokhu kuvuselelwa bekunganele ukuthi ukuthengiswa kweMac kukhuphuke noma okungenani kuhlala kuzinzile.
Esigabeni sokugcina, i-Apple ithumele amadola ayizigidi ezingama-4.9, ngokusho kwedatha inkampani yokuhlaziya uGartner efinyelele kuyo. Lesi sibalo sithatha uUkwehliswa kuka-8,5% uma kuqhathaniswa nesikhathi esifanayo sonyaka odlule. Inkampani yase-Asia iLenovo inyuse inani lokuthunyelwa ngesikhathi esifanayo ngo-10.7%, kanti i-HP neDell bakwenze lokho ngo-6.2% no-5.3% ngokulandelana.
Izilinganiso zabakhiqizi abaphezulu beLenovo, HP neDell ukuthi amanye amakhompyutha abeke emakethe ngekota edlule. I-Apple isendaweni yesine ilandelwa ngu-Acer no-Asus, nabo ababone ukuthengiswa kwemishini yabo kwehla ngo-5.7% no-15.9% ngokulandelana.